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I recently gave a presentation to the local Chamber of Commerce called, “How to Ace Presentations.” (I didn’t choose the title.) One of the topics I included was a discussion of a simple persuasion method: Start with the problem Then present your solution Finally, show proof Here are the 3 slides I used. [...] One of the techniques that Carmen Taran mentioned in her Outstanding Presentations Workshop 2011 presentation, that can help you create more authentic slides, is to hand-sketch a diagram or image on a piece of paper, scan it, and add it as an image to a presentation. Here’s an example: Here are the steps: [...] I just finished meeting with a client and she had a presentation with lots of great photos of children. In PowerPoint 2007/2010, there’s an easy way to make these photos look great on a slide. Here’s an example. Follow these steps: Choose Insert>Picture to insert 3-4 photos on a slide. If you use [...] Do you have some business photos that you would like to highlight in a presentation or post on your company’s website as a video? Or perhaps you just want to show some friends your personal photos. Either way, you can use PowerPoint’s Photo Album feature. This feature exists in 2003, 2007 and 2010. In [...] Adobe® Photoshop® can create great effects, but you might not have or know the program. You can get a nice Photoshopped look in PowerPoint by fading in an image on a slide, like this: While PowerPoint doesn’t have this feature directly, you can add a rectangle with a transparency gradient that gradually reveals more [...] Julie Terberg has written a great blog post about creating picture placeholders. A placeholder is an element in a slide layout. The secret here is to use any shape, even a custom shape, to define the shape of the placeholder. By using this technique, you can create very unique slides. Read more here. Ellen [...] A reader wrote me the following: I import graphics from InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. I say import, but sometimes I do copy/paste out of indesign…a NO-NO i’m sure. Anyway, the deck looks great. I send it out to everyone — they make any last minute changes and sometimes send back for me to approve. [...] One of the new features of PowerPoint 2010 is the ability to remove the background of an image. This is different from making one color in the background transparent, which you can do in earlier versions. (I describe that process in a tip, “Cool contour shadows.”) PowerPoint 2010 lets you specify which parts of [...] PowerPoint 2007′s shadows are so much better than 2003′s. In this video lesson, I show you how to use all the settings. And it’s a contest with free prizes! Listen to the video!
Do you prefer video lessons to text lessons? Sometimes, one if more appropriate than the other [...] If you don’t know or have other graphics software, you can use PowerPoint — and many people do. It’s not high end, but if your needs are simple, the fact that you know and have it is a great plus. PowerPoint 2007 improved the graphics engine and you can add many more effects, such as soft edges, beveled edges, and soft shadows… [...] |
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